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.strawberry {Fragaria vesca, var.).— Alpine and garden 

 varieties are grown in several liigliland localities. . The fruit is of 

 ■good size, but does not, as a rule, ripen thorouglily, and conse- 

 quently tke flavour is somewhat indifferent, judged from tlie 

 standard of English garden-grown strawberries. • 



'■ ' Tree Tomato (Cyphomaiidra hetacea) — An unqualified success 

 in most of the settled parts of the highlands and midlands. 



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List of Fruits geowx at M'bali Saiva, the property of 



Mr. Ernest Smith in the Lumbwa District of 



British East Africa. 



This estate is situated in tlie Kyonda River Valley on the 

 western bank of the river named, and is one of the best stocked 

 fruit orchards of the Protectorate. Unfortunately, the locality 

 is occasionally subjected to hailstorms, otherwise it is an ideal 

 situation for fruit growing, the elevation being about 5,500 to 

 6,000 feet, and the soil a rich, deep loam. 



Mr, Ernest Smith has budded large numbers of orange and 



other fruit trees at M'bali Sana, and informed the writer that 

 July and August were the best months *for carrying out this 

 operation in the Lumbwa District. 



A list of the principal fruits in Mr. Smith's orchard and 



garden is attached. 



Apple. — Adam's Incomparable, American Lady, Julien, Blen- 

 heim Orange, Scarlet Pearmain, Ben Davis, Wright^s Perfection, 

 Rome Beauty, Munro's Favourite, IS'ewton Wonder, Golden 

 Reinette, Jonathan, Cox's Orange Pippin, Delicious, Cleopatra, 

 Springdale, Beauty of Kent. 



Plum. — Abundance, America, Hale, Chalco, Satsuma, Kelsey, 

 Combination, Kerr, Mirabella. 



Peach,— Early White, Gladstone, General Lee, Florida Craw- 

 ford, Elberta, Muir, Berenice, Sneed, Dr. Hogg, Pallas; also 

 Saharanpur peaches. 



Orange. — Washington Navel, Thompson's Improved Navel, 

 Navelencia, Buckeye^ Navel, Bahia, Du Roi, Excelsior, Golden 

 Nugget Navel, Jaffa, Dancy Tangerine, Canton, California, 

 Beauty of Glen Retreat, Parker's Special Mandarin, 



Loquat.^ — Japanese Mammoth and others. 



Guava.—Mountain, Yellow Chinese. 



Raspberry — Golden Queen, Logan Berries. 



Strawberry. — Sensation, Alpine varieties. 



Mulberry — Large Black English and Russian. 



0- — Princess and others. 



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The following miscellaneous fruits are also beinff grown at 



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Pineapple (Smootli Cayenne, Queen and otlier varieties), 

 Banana (various varieties), Fig. 



